31 DestructionThe missile flew straight and true despite its mothballed years spent hidden from the Americans. The twentieth century technology worked perfectly as the small but powerful nuclear warhead tracked its way to the silo base some four hundred miles away. The device was miniscule in comparison to the nation-threatening missiles developed by the Russians and the Americans at around the start of the cold war, but this was exactly what Daniels needed. He hoped that the initial explosion and the resulting nuclear fallout would disinfect the silo base and a surrounding area for a radius of about 200 kilometres. Anybody caught below the surface would be trapped at best and the people above ground would be incinerated instantly. The radar display in McGeady’s fighter picked up the supe
